On Sunday February 17 at 4:00 pm Lynn Klock, Fred Cohen, David Sporny and Salvatore Macchia will give the first performance of Grido, for oboe, saxophone, trombone and
contrabass (a piece written in memory of Franco Donatoni). The concert will take place at Bezanson Recital Hall, UMASS Amherst at 4 pm.

Salvatore Macchia will perform works by Michele Biasutti, Franco Donatoni, Hans Werner Henze plus a premiere by Fabrizio Montero. The concert will also feature Macchia’s Braginsky variations for solo contrabass. The recital will take place at Bezanson Recital Hall, UMASS Amherst at 8 pm. With guest Matt Waugh, computer & electronics.

Trumpet player Eric Berlin has released “The End of the Matter: Premieres for Trumpet” containing Macchia’s piece by the same tittle. “The End of the Matter” for trumpet, vibraphone and marimba was written in 2004 for Eric Berlin and Eduardo Leandro. The CD, which also includes compositions by Stephenson, Bestor, Ellison, Hause and Bradshaw and features Leandro on percussion, Lynn Klock on saxophone and Nadine Shank on piano, can be purchased online from the MSR Classics website.

“Orsola Transfixed” for violin and tape, will be performed May 20, 2007 at 5pm by Veronica Kadlubkiewicz at the 2nd International Festival of Electroacoustic Music: “Musica Electronica Nova”, which will be held in Wrocław (Poland). For more information about the festival visit www.myspace.com/musicaelectronicanova.